Movies and their influence on your life

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The movies made in my country are mostly angst movies, and they show a lot of people in a very bad light, they mostly show men as being horrible creatures and I know for a fact that this has affected the minds of a lot of the people around me.
 
You should definately not let a movie make decisions for you. A lot of people in our society have a hard time telling the difference between fantasy and reality.
 
True :D, its just weird I think for a movie thats not so famous to affect so many lives.
By the way I know this is OT, but do you watch Next? I just watch it sometimes cause I cant beleiev who would go on taht show! :P
 
Pottyaboutharry: Well I guess we would know the answer that girl from "next" would have given to this question!
 
Yes, thanks for pointing that out :D, English isnt my first language so I do tend to make mistakes like that!

Well its not only wierd that she got divorced cause of the movie, but that she told peopel that that was the reason. Whats so special about the notebook anyways? I havent seen it, but I was watching MTVs show 'Next' (I was really bored :P) and there was a girl there that said shed stopped dating guys after watching the notebook and turned to girls! so Im very curious as to what the movie says.
 
You should not let movies make decisions for you, i mean it's just a film where everybody plays a role..

oh well, that's jessica simpson! :D
 
Movies can influence people but I don't think if you watch a movie that you will do what a character in that movie does.
I love action movies but I don't carry a gun around and shoot people.
 
I think this is the consequence of the celebrity and Reality TV age. She's acted like a perfect celebrity: doing things impulsively (in matters of the heart), and then spilling her guts to the media. It's this obsession with celebrities really. I'm not saying that all celebrities are like that, but a lot of them are. And it's quite sad really.

:blush: sorry for going OT.
 
Yeah, that's kinda weird. But I think the movie just made her think a little bit. I'm pretty sure she didn't watch it and then say, "It's over!" Now, that would be insane.
 
I definitely think it's ridiculous. But I'm not sure which is worse---actually doing something because of a movie or telling the media that is the reason for ending a marriage.
 
I think that Jessica Simpson is ridiculous! She let 9/11 make her decide to not only get back together with Nick but also marrying him and The Notebook made her end her marriage. Does anyone else think that is ridiculous? Maybe I'm just crazy :crazy:
 
I wouldnt make life changing choices based on movies, they are movies afterall and not all those things happen in real life! Some of them present a Euphoria, a thing that might not be reached, so its not exactly wise to depend on them so much as to decide to get divorced cause of it!
 
I definitely think the movie-going experience can and has influenced my life.


That's definitely the case for me as well.



That has been the case for me as well except that it was my dad that took us.....and I also have a brother.

But, the point being that my love for movies started at a young age and like you, I was seeing decent adult movies since a young age. I've been obsessed with movies since then and it is still true today.

I see at least 2 movies in the theater a week if not more.


I read this quote in a magazine and I must admit I rolled my eyes. I'm sorry, but the idea of her deciding to end her marriage after watching a movie.........The Notebook no less........struck me as ridiculous. But, as it has been pointed out.....it wasn't elaborated on in great detail, so hopefully there was more to it than just watching a movie. But, even so I was curious as to what specifically in the movie influneced her "decision".



I definitely think movies influence people's lives whether it be positively or even negatively and I'm sure there are tons of examples of both.

I really appreciate movies that make you think or learn about something you never would have otherwise. I think those are the movies that have the biggest influences on people's lives.
 
Of course it's Jessica Simpson too, we mustn't forget that :lol: And this comes late but congratulations on becoming mod of the Movies board! :D I think you'll do a great job, I always enjoy reading your posts.

I'm not so sure if movies have affected me as to that extent, but I do know that movies have a huge influence on my mood. I always get so melancholy after watching Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Before Sunset or The Hours and I can be in a funk for hours afterwards. Can't say it's healthy, but I do love those movies.
 
600 DVDs? :lol: oh and you can call me Gwen by the way. If it's easier.

The thing about movies is that there is the tendency is to focus on 'movies' - the film, forgetting that movies also involve the trip to the cinema and sitting in the seat and whatever. Which is what Hollywood is bemoaning (the fact that cinema attendances are down and DVDs is becoming a big market - then again I think it's Hollywood becoming stale rather than anything else and this has no place in this discussion). Anyway, the point was, movie-going is the experience. You brought up a good point - if movies can influence us, why can't the movie experience influence us as well? Although I must say it doesn't influence me that much - I don't watch that many movies actually.

Also, pottyaboutharry - I'm not trying to be nitpicky, but I think the word you're looking for is 'utopia'..?
 
Yes they may influence your life in certain ways---but would you announce to the world (if you could) through the media that watching The Notebook made you decide to end your marriage?

I know if I were to say that to my friends they would call me crazy.

Granted I'm sure we aren't getting the full quote from Ms. Simpson.
 
It is true that sometimes movies affect your life. We learn from movies and sometimes if we're sad movies make us smile. If your heart broken and you watched a really romantic movie sometimes you feel good.
 
Movies definately affect peoples lives, and the mvoies that do are the good ones, like after I watched 'Blood Diamond' I seriousley said to myself I wont be buying any diamonds any time soon.
Its good that movies give us the chance to open our eyes to something taht we were oblivious to before!
 
I think that some movies really do affect some peoples lives, maybe something you never thought about before and after seeing a movie about a topic they might be going through or did go through, either a good or bad thing, it all depends but I do believe that some movies do influence people.
 
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